India’s Premier Badminton League (PBL) to use 11×5 scoring system

New Delhi: The second season of India’s Premier Badminton League (PBL) is scheduled to kick off on January 1, 2017, with the final to be held at Delhi on Jan 14th.

Last season, the PBL was using the 15×3 scoring format, however, in a bid to make the game durations shorter and add more uncertainties to the matches, PBL has decided to experiment with the 11×5 scoring system in the 2017 season.

Former World No. 1 women’s singles shuttler Saina Nehwal had expressed interest in the new format; while P.V. Sindhu – India’s Olympic silver-medallist believed the new format will force players to be on alert and focus from the start of the match.

PBL will start its first day of the match on January 1, 2017, with PV Sindhu of Chennai Smashers to clash with Carolina Marin of Hyderabad Hunters.

The new season consists of six teams, and below are the full rosters of all six franchises.